capitalCORN
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Considering it's age, it's quite remarkable. I was young enough watching it to become the template of all crash scenes.
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Most terrifying or best executed plane crash scene in a movie?
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Considering it's age, it's quite remarkable. I was young enough watching it to become the template of all crash scenes.
radioactivez0r
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WatchMojo has a Top 10 and all of these are in it, but their #1 is Fearless. I never heard of the movie but that scene looks intense.
Count Dookkake
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The one at the end of Final Destination 5 had me cheering.
Into the Light
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Fearless? I don't think I have seen that movie.
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I always liked the one in Castaway. The sound mix is great in surround.
I remember liking it, though it was a long time ago that I watched it. Its an interesting movie because it not only deals with the crash itself, but also the post traumatic stress and survivors guilt of the people who make it out alive. Really good soundtrack too.
LilWayneSuckz
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United 93
I cried...so very very much.
I cried...so very very much.
Winner. Not the most explicit or blatantly terrifying, but existing within one or the most disturbingly authentic, visceral and disturbing films ever, yeah, it's absolutely terrifying. And ruthlessly tragic.
Definitely the first one that popped into my head.
EDIT: ^Good to see some more backup.
ArgyleReptile
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I was wondering when someone was going to bring this one up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKNlbfvKdHw
NOLA_Gaffer
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Christ, that's just insult to injury right there.
Wait is the twist here supposed to be that it turns out the whole film has taken place in the year 2000 and it's actually a prequel/leadup to the original film's inciting incident?
It's the Rogue One of horror films!
someone threw together a nice little re-edit of that one. really wraps it up nicely for that series.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Sully
triplestation
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FOR YOU
Rodney McKay
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I was on a plane watching Iron Man 3 for the second time, but it was my friends first time seeing it.
Then when the movie got to the Air Force One scene it skipped nearly the entire thing. I looked at them and said, "hey, they cut out the entire plane crash/mid-air rescue scene!"
Then I realized how stupid I sounded saying that while in a plane, haha.
superdeluxe
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The crash scene in Alive.
The Crash scene in the Flight of the Phoenix.
The Crash scene in the Flight of the Phoenix.
Discotheque
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Chilling stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41vArfMDmmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41vArfMDmmo
George Oscar Bluth II
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superdeluxe
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Everyone on the 'real' one died (If you are thinking of the Alaska airlines crash into the pacific)
old manatee
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I thought Flight was kind of bad, but the plane crash scene was LEGIT.
Goldenroad
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Definitely.
same here.
StopMakingSense
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Oh wow, I've watched the first three in the past couple months, and hadn't made it to 5 yet, but that's great.
DOWN
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Isn't it like a combo inspired by story based on a real deadly crash and the Sully heroic Hudson river landing?
Stallion Dan
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Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
damn that's fucking sweet lol. I stopped watching after the third one or so but damn seeing that kinda just blew my mind. Kinda bummed I ruined that for myself.
This.
For a less depressing answer, I remember liking the crash scene in the original Flight of the Phoenix. Sully is also a great answer.
TheChewyWaffles
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What? It sucked. All done from the interior and at night, no less.
Into the Light
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Whoa!
Count Dookkake
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Rogue One is the Final Destination 5 of Star Wars films, but yeah.
It was really quite a clever and spectacular way to end the series.
It was really well illustrated when someone edited together a 24-style real-time version of the crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKcKtjrL5bc
Sun Bather
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Fenderputty
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This. It's old now but wow what a scene when it came out
Yeah, Knowing's scene was really well done.
Castaway takes this for me because the slow realisation that they're in deep shit, coupled with the extended time to ground and eventual sudden gut-punch of seeing the surface coming up reminds me of this account of an actual crash.
WARNING, though, it's pretty chilling reading:
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cvr090601.htm
WARNING, though, it's pretty chilling reading:
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cvr090601.htm
That's a good one.
SilentRacoon
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Fuck, that scene was unnerving back at the theater and it's unnerving now. Scorsese is a God.
I think Knowing lost a lot of it's impact with the ridiculousness of Nic Cage shouting, "Hey! Hey!" to the guy that ran past him screaming because he was on fire.
I guess maybe it was supposed to be a portrayal of shock, or something? It was a really weird response to the situation.
I guess maybe it was supposed to be a portrayal of shock, or something? It was a really weird response to the situation.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
They cut out the best part, too.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Scorcese? You mean Rob Legato.
Transistor
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Used to be Castaway for me, but The Grey took that trophy from it. I felt fucking terrified watching jt
Resident4t.
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The plane crash in Knowing is really disturbing. The disaster scenes in general were well done in that movie.
One Eyed Willy
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